The 2019

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was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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. It was the 5th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Japan between 4 and 10 November 2019.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 28 October 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Shinji Hazawa is a Japanese tennis player. Hazawa has a career high ATP singles ranking of 501 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 249 achieved on 17 April 2023. Hazawa has won 1 ATP Challenger doubles title at the 20 ...

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* Yuki Mochizuki * Ryota Tanuma *

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: *

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The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: * Ken Onishi * Takashi Saito The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Yuta Kawahashi *

Timur Khabibulin Timur Khabibulin (, born 2 August 1995) is an Uzbekistani–Kazakhstani former tennis player of Tatar descent. Khabibulin had a career high ATP singles ranking of 753 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also had a career high doubles ranking of 154 achi ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Ren Nakamura * Kazuki Nishiwaki

Champions

Singles

Yosuke Watanuki is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 30 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019. He is currently the No. 6 Japanese player. Career 2016: Junior ...

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Yūichi Sugita is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017. Career Juniors As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26 ...

6–2, 6–4.

Doubles

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Ramkumar Ramanathan Ramanathan Ramkumar (born 8 November 1994) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 111 in singles by the ATP, which he achieved in July 2018, and in doubles at No. 58, achieved in August 2022. Ramkuma ...

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André Göransson André Göransson (born 30 April 1994) is a Swedish tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 26, achieved on 19 May 2025. He is the current No. 1 Swedish doubles player. Göransson has won ...

Christopher Rungkat Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008French Open glory for ...

7–6^(8–6), 6–3.

References

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